{"id":3058,"date":"2010-12-01T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:54:57","slug":"gaming-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/2010\/12\/01\/gaming-for-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming for Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3059\" title=\"100_5209\" src=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>Can video games change lives? The twelve teens who took part in a recent \u201cGame-a-thon\u201d to raise money for The Water Project sure think so.<\/p>\n<p>On November 19-20, 2010, the group from the DC area played video games nonstop for 12 hours to raise money for our Wells for India program.<\/p>\n<p>The teens collected donations and \u201cper hour of play\u201d pledges leading up to the event. At the end of the night, they had raised $1700 toward a new water project. Organizer Shannyn (mom of one of the participants) described the night, \u201cWe had a leader board on the wall and a fundraiser \u2018thermometer\u2019\u201d on the wall tracking the donations.  When we hit our \u2018goal,\u2019 the kids were shouting and screaming and cheering.  It was really awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to these teens, a thirsty community will soon be enjoying clean, safe water!<\/p>\n<p>You can see what they accomplished here: <a href=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/profile\/shannyn-snyder\">http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/profile\/shannyn-snyder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3058 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5205.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5205-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5204.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5204-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5200.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5200-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5209.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_5209-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can video games change lives? 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